Nile Association Gala 2019 - Canada

Under the patronage of His Excellency Ahmed Abu Zeid, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt

THE NILE ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO (NAO) CELEBRATING THE

32nd ANNUAL GALA

Since 1987

SAT 2nd NOVEMBER 2019

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It is a distinct honor to contribute to this special 32nd anniversary booklet of the Nile Association of Ontario. As one of the earliest members who enjoyed serving the community with passion for the social and cultural activities, helping others whenever they need help, and today, as President of THE NILE ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO (NAO), I share tremendous respect for this organization and join with my colleagues, board members, in recognizing it as a foremost Arab Community within Ontario and Canada.

Dr. Mohamed Elhalwagy President The Nile Association of Ontario

The Nile Association of Ontario has enjoyed a distinguished and rewarding partnership with the Arabic communities, Board of Education, and Cultural Organizations over the course of its accomplished history – both with the core organization and through the NAO Foundation. The idea of the NAO was first raised in 1987 by 7 families who were the founders of NAO, and then a board of directors was created from the following people in 1988, Bahaa Khaled, Mohamed El Badawi, Mahmoud El Farnawani, Ibrahim Balbaa, Mamdouh Shoukri, Medhat El Gohary, and Lotfi Salem NAO now has 1500 family members in Ontario, as our membership community has grown, evolved and diversified since our founding more than 32 years ago, so has the necessity for timely, relevant social and cultural activities serving the community. For much of its history, the NAO has demonstrated remarkable continuity and consistency of focus on helping our community.

In 2009, my colleagues, Board members Moustafa Naguib, Safaa Naser, Amr Bannis and Fayrouse Hassan, and I had the distinction of expanding the number of families from 550 in 2009 families to 1600 families today. The contribution focused on a adding more distinguish prominent Social committee members Fifi Elhalwagy, Safaa Nasser, Maha Morsy, Nariman Ali and Janet Mtanos a social and cultural characteristics approach to identifying any cultural, educational, social events and community services throughout the year with monthly services and events.

Our events and our services ideas were received by all our members and all new members with appreciation and satisfaction, this approach lends tremendous value to our organization and added as much as twice number of families to reach the 1500 families today.

Looking forward, I see a need for more young members to become actively involved to lead our organization with new creative ideas to stay current in the years to come. As a community of educators, practitioners, and business professionals we need to continue to build our organization for our children and our grandchildren with more new ideas and approaches to sustain the advancement of our organization in Ontario and Canada.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge all our sponsors for this year: Dr. Medhat Karima, Dr, Azza Hamed, EgyptAir Mr. Ahmed Ramzy, MEDIAinTORONTO Said Henry, Celeste Weddings & Events Lamia Youssef, RamRiddlz, IPG Fathi Abu Farah, IPROREALY Ebtehal Wahdan, Canada Grant Passent Ali. On behalf of NAO membership community, I extend deep gratitude and warm wishes on this milestone occasion to our Board members and our social committee. We look forward to fortifying our relationship and to building the future success of The Nile Association of Ontario hand in hand with dedicated young members.

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2017 Annual Gala Program 7:00 pm

Reception & Networking

7:30 pm

Doors open

8:00 pm

Dinner

9:00 pm

National Anthem

9:15 pm

Speechs, Prizes & Awards

9:30 pm till End DJ & Saxophone Player

Nile Association Board Of Directors

Mohamed Elhalwagy

Amr Bannis

President

Treasurer

Safaa Nasser

Director & Cultural Committee Coordinator

Fayrouse Hassaan

Director & Legal advisor

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Moustafa Naguib,

Director & Membership Committee Coordinator

Essam Khattab Director

Said Henry

Media Coordinator

About Us Canadians of Egyptian origin and to promote the social coherence, Cultural, educational and recreational events. The activities of the NAO aim at preserving and promoting the Egyptian origin.

The NAO also plays an active role in providing assistance, help, and guidance to new Egyptian immigrants in a number of ways, not the least of which is integrating into Canadian society and becoming valuable Canadian citizens. It was founded in 1987 and our membership continues to grow.

Annual Scholarship Funds

The Nile Association of Ontario is proud to introduce its Annual Scholarship Funds every year.

These funds were established in 1988 to reward students with outstanding achievements towards their University tuition fees. Our goal is to acknowledge young members who have demonstrated outstanding and consistent caring for the improvement of the community around them. of high school, have demonstrated outstanding community leadership, possess the academic skills to successfully enter College or University, and paid their membership dues for the last 3 years.

Contact Us

The Nile Association of Ontario (NAO) PO Box 23508 Centennial Postal Service Brampton, ON Website: www.nileclub.org info@nileclub.org /nileassociationofontario @nileassociation

The Nile Association of Ontario & iQRA Education Centre For Arabic Language and Heritage Since 1987

Children Gr 4 to Gr 8

The Nile Association of Ontario In partnership with Toronto District School Board International Languages program

The Children Arabic Language Classes At Cummer Valley Middle School, 70 Maxome Ave North York.

This year the program will Start on Saturday September 21, 2019 From 9:30 am to 2:00 pm every Saturday until June 13, 2020 The fees are $20 per Child per year for the Arabic Language

Children Monday to Friday for ages between 4 to 12 years.

Summer During the month of July from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Camp For more information please call us at 905-840-5375 Or e-mail iiqraec@gmail.com or info@nileclub.org

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